Speed Dragon Selects Artimi Chips

Artimi Inc., developer of high-speed wireless semiconductors for portable consumer electronics, and Speed Dragon Multimedia Ltd., manufacturer of computer peripherals and multimedia devices, announced that Speed Dragon will this week showcase their Wireless USB hard disk drive design based on Artimi’s easily integrated high speed Wireless USB solutions.

Using Artimi’s comprehensive reference design, Speed Dragon has developed a high-performance platform for a Wireless USB hard disk drive and is demonstrating their solution at this week’s Computex show in Taipei.

The hard disk drive integrates a Wireless USB module, based on Artimi’s unique Zero Install plug & play platform that requires no driver installation on the host PC. PC-side connectivity is provided by a plug-in USB adapter. Importantly, the solution also supports notebook PCs with integrated Wireless USB, to take advantage of the growing Wireless USB ecosystem.

The Wireless USB hard disk drive delivers high throughput, easy to use wireless data transfer, enabling fast, simple transfer and backup of files at speeds of over 100Mbps.

Artimi’s reference design for the Wireless USB hard disk drive is based on the company’s A-150 chip, which is certified by the USB-IF, and includes a full set of design, production and product information, designed to make integration as simple as possible.

Andrew Vought, CEO for Artimi, said, "We are delighted that Speed Dragon, a leading Hong Kong-based manufacturer of computer peripherals and multimedia devices, has selected Artimi’s solution to showcase their production offering in this rapidly expanding market sector. This is a further endorsement of Artimi’s reputation as a partner that is not only easy to work with, but brings industry-leading solutions to the partnership."

Mr Paka Leung, President of Speed Dragon, said, "By combining Artimi Wireless USB solutions with our excellent design, integration, and manufacturing capabilities we can quickly deliver leading-edge wireless products to rapidly growing market sectors. Our OEM customers need cost effective, differentiated solutions that can be quickly taken to market, and our relationship with Artimi enables this."

A pre-production hard disk drive using Artimi’s easily integrated, high speed Wireless USB reference design, appeared on Speed Dragon’s booth at Computex Taipei.